NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The major indexes of U.S. bank and insurance stocks slipped Thursday, while the bellwether brokerage index managed a fractional gain. The Amex Securities Broker/Dealer Index $xbd added 0.4 percent, while the Philadelphia Bank Sector Index $bkx fell 0.4 percent and the S&P Insurance Index IUX, +0.00% fell 0.8 percent.
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